The Game by Jack London (Illustrated)
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Jack London
Jack London was born in San Francisco in 1876, and was a prolific and successful writer until his death in 1916. During his lifetime he wrote novels, short stories and essays, and is best known for ‘The Call of the Wild’ and ‘White Fang’.
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The Game by Jack London (Illustrated) - Jack London
The Complete Works of
JACK LONDON
VOLUME 6 OF 57
The Game
Parts Edition
By Delphi Classics, 2014
Version 3
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‘The Game’
Jack London: Parts Edition (in 57 parts)
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Jack London: Parts Edition
This eBook is Part 6 of the Delphi Classics edition of Jack London in 57 Parts. It features the unabridged text of The Game from the bestselling edition of the author’s Complete Works. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. Our Parts Editions feature original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of Jack London, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily.
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JACK LONDON
IN 57 VOLUMES
Parts Edition Contents
The Novels
1, The Cruise of the Dazzler
2, A Daughter of the Snows
3, The Call of the Wild
4, The Kempton-Wace Letters
5, The Sea-Wolf
6, The Game
7, White Fang
8, Before Adam
9, The Iron Heel
10, Martin Eden
11, Burning Daylight
12, Adventure
13, Smoke Bellew
14, The Scarlet Plague
15, A Son of the Sun
16, The Abysmal Brute
17, The Valley of the Moon
18, The Mutiny of the Elsinore
19, The Star Rover
20, The Jacket
21, The Little Lady of the Big House
22, Jerry of the Islands
23, Michael, Brother of Jerry
24, Hearts of Three
The Short Stories
25, The Complete Short Stories
The Plays
26, Theft
27, The Acorn-Planter
28, A Wicked Woman
29, The Birth Mark
30, The First Poet
31, The Return of Ulysses: A Modern Version
The Poetry
32, The Complete Poems
The Memoirs
33, The Road
34, John Barleycorn
The Non-Fiction
35, The People of the Abyss
36, War of the Classes
37, How I Became a Socialist
38, Revolution and Other Essays
39, The Cruise of the Snark
40, What Communities Lose by the Competitive System
41, The Human Drift
42, The Story of an Eyewitness
43, Editorial Crimes – a Protest
44, The Future of War
45, Mexico’s Army and Ours
46, A Letter to Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
47, A Letter to Woman’s Home Companion
48, Phenomena of Literary Evolution
49, Again the Literary Aspirant
50, The Red Game of War
51, With Funston’s Men
52, Stalking the Pestilence
53, The Trouble Makers of Mexico
54, Lawgivers
55, Our Adventures in Tampico
56, Housekeeping in the Klondike
The Biography
57, Book of Jack London by Charmian London
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The Game
This novel was first published in 1906. The novel deals with the theme of boxing, one of London’s passionate interests. The Game is one of the most powerful and evocative portraits ever given of prizefighters in the grip of their fervor.
London’s mother, who was a music teacher and a spiritualist
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER I
Many patterns of carpet lay rolled out before them on the floor — two of Brussels showed the beginning of their quest, and its ending in that direction; while a score of ingrains lured their eyes and prolonged the debate between desire pocket-book. The head of the department did them the honor of waiting upon them himself — or did Joe the honor, as she well knew, for she had noted the open-mouthed awe of the elevator boy who brought them up. Nor had she been blind to the marked respect shown Joe by the urchins and groups of young fellows on corners, when she walked with him in their own neighborhood down at the west end of the town.
But the head of the department was called away to the telephone, and in her mind the splendid promise of the carpets and the irk of the pocket-book were thrust aside by a greater doubt and anxiety.
But I don’t see what you find to like in it, Joe,
she said softly, the note of insistence in her words betraying recent and unsatisfactory discussion.
For a fleeting moment a shadow darkened his boyish face, to be replaced by the glow